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Israel begins offering booster dose of Pfizer vaccine to adults with immunodeficiency

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Israeli government announced Sunday (11) that it would offer adults with weakened immune systems a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNtech's Covid-19 vaccine but still consider whether to give a third dose to the general public.

With the rapid spread of the Delta variant, first discovered in India, new infections in Israel rose by single digits last month to about 450 per day.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said that adults with weakened immune systems who have received two doses from Pfizer can receive a booster dose from now on. Still, there is "no definitive . . .

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